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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

The P Ramlee Guide to Press Freedom

A Kadir Jasin

WHILE waiting for the “sacking menyeking” and the infantile
Selangor politics to unravel, if ever, let us shift our attention and seek
wisdom and sanity elsewhere.

Let me start by putting it this way. I did not study
journalism, history and politics from (Tan Sri) P Ramlee. My journalism
teachers were the late (Tan Sri) Abdul Samad Ismail, (Tan Sri) Lee Siew Yee,
Jack Glattback and S H Tan at the South East Asia Press Centre back in 1969.

Then there were the late Dame Christine Cole
Catley at the Wellington Polytechnic and Mr George Abbot at the Wanganui
Evening Mail in New Zealand in 1971 and Robert H. Lochner at the Berlin’s
International Institute for Journalism in 1977.

They tought me about press freedom and responsibility, about
media ethics, fair reporting and right of reply.

But for a non-journalist, P Ramlee topped them all. He
understood journalism more than some journalists do. And much more than some
people who have the control over the media.

He was a zillion light years ahead of people who are today
pontificating about press freedom and others who want to control it.

In the scene, P Ramlee, the thief-in-chief of 40 robbers
caught Aziz Satar peeping him closing the door of his hideaway, with the
intention of stealing from him later.

He asked Aziz who he was. Aziz said, he was a reporter. P
Ramlee said since he was a “reporter” it was okay for him to peep and went on
to teach him the “mantra” that opened the cave door. Journalism in this case opened
doors literally.

As for the Selangor political comedy, it is merely a repeat of the
Stephen Kalong Ningkan affairs in Sarawak in 1966, the Harun Idris affairs in
Selangor in 1976 and the Mohamed Nasir sacking (by PAS) in Kelantan in 1977.

If only those who are involved in the Selangor political slugfest care to learn from history!

Thanks not too much to the `press- freedom- opposition parties- style' that shows a VERY CLEAR INTENTION of them all,to change the nation PM and the constitution if a possible.

DAP IS TRYING VERY HARD TO PUT PAS as a wedge between ADUNS and the MB.

PKR is trying very very hard to ENSURE PAS WEDGES between The Palace and the MB..

But all of them forget that this is melayu,sultan,negeri selangor, majlis raja ,tanah melayu negeri selangor, islam and THE MELAYU DIGNITY is tested with PAS as a wedge to destroy all those values in Selangor ( and in Malaysia,if can be done by them soonest )....

Whatever is it, I PRAY HARDEST that PAS is strongest now, UMNO tak kacau PAS and MB, pandai pandai nanti demands many thing or everything....BUT TO SUPPORT PAS IN IT FINEST MOMENT NOW!!!.

Although i am ahli UMNO seumur hidup,but i see that PAS IS the `general and field marshall' now in SELANGOR...

When you have this " kepala batu" , the wall will be the victim ! To the reporters, kepala batu and the wall is the same. Kepala batu has no brain to memorise the mantra or even bother to check the majic words. The wall will always be there. What they missed, just the main entrance !

Ever wonder, why these junkies shy away with history ? Craze for power and money and no history involved. Bad Ethics / Moral is the name of the game.

I think it is a good thing that this happened. Now we can see the true colors and nature of the politicians that run the country.

In principle, we choose those who govern the country or a state in Malaysia on the basis of what they stand for.

From what we had seen, as what had transpired in Selangor, what do these people in, DAP, PKR, PAS and UMNO stand for?

The rightful authority that empower a government in the state of Selangor are “The voters of Selangor”

The Selangor people had given the authority to Pakatan Rakyat to govern the state.

As an analogy, what the chief minister did after being sacked was to turned the ship a complete 180 degree turn.

He threw more than half of his crew who was with him for 5 years aboard. Replaced them with a new crew who were his earlier rivals.

Now he has a new crew and a ship without a flag.

His actions, behaviors and the complete void of humanity of it are akin to a Pirate.

Now, we wait for PAS. What is their stand and why it took so long to make a stand.

If P. Ramlee is alive, I believe he would find humor in what had happened in Selangor. Most likely inspiring him to make a comedy or perhaps a horror movie. There is a plot, more than enough colourful characters, spins, good and evil, and enough ingredients to make a good film.

About Me

I was born in 1947 in Kedah. I came from a rice farming family. I have been a journalist since 1969. I am the Editor-in-Chief of magazine publishing company, Berita Publishing Sdn Bhd. I was Group Editor NST Sdn Bhd and Group Editor-in-Chief of NSTP Bhd between 1988 and 2000. I write fortnightly column “Other Thots” in the Malaysian Business magazine, Kunta Kinte Original in Berita Harian and A Kadir Jasin Bercerita in Dewan Masyarakat. Books: Biar Putih Tulang (1998), Other Thots – Opinions & Observations 1992-2001 (2001), The Wings of an Eagle (2003), Mencari Dugalia Huso (2006), Damned That Thots (2006), Blogger (2006), PRU 2008-Rakyat Sahut Cabaran (2008), Komedi & Tragedi-Latest in Contemporary Malaysian Politics (2009) and Membangun Bangsa dengan Pena (2009).